Ouch! I don’t pay much attention to whales, but man, that must have hurt… A LOT!!! It can only be estimated that the ship that collided with this whale must have suffered great damage as did the whale’s tongue. It is my prediction (so far) that this whale died from its tongue swelling…
The ironic part of this whole issue is the fact that the fanatic who was encouraging people to do the suicidal bombings, himself was fleeing in a burka (the veil some Muslim women wear to cover their face and body) from the Mosque before the explosion. What a hypocritical coward. He was the one inciting them to give their lives up to enter paradise and yet here he was fleeing for his own. What happened there buddy, don’t wanna enter paradise yourself? Well good, cause I don’t think you’re going to be entering paradise anytime soon…
The very fact that he was running away from the death he was promoting in the name of Islam and Jihad (a term meaning “to struggle in the way of God” – there is a big misconception about this term, see my earlier post on “My turn on CBC – The National – A Possible Solution, Education”) shows that he was lying. If he believed in this as the true form of Jihad, then he wouldn’t have been running away from it himself. Instead, he should have been at the forefront of death.
It’s interesting to know that such a small component, the brain, is the most mysterious part of the human body. This awkward looking organ is the most important portion of our bodies; It helps regulate everything, but when there’s something wrong with itself, with not much being known about it even now in the 21st century, it means we’re in for a hell of a ride! (note: not a good one)
So, then people, “psychiatrists,” find the perfect opportunity to take a stand and start telling everyone else what is wrong with others based on observations. Based SOLELY on observations, no tests whatsoever, just observations leading to the conclusion of addictive antidepressants, which end up creating a drug addict within the law. (note: Chris Rock’s version on this is much more entertaining)
“Doctors have used diagnostic terms to stigmatize and control people.” (Dr. Thomas Szasz)
Yes, perhaps I’m being too cynical… Let’s take a look at some proper facts about the history of psychiatry:
1) Drapetomania: “When black slaves ran away in the South for freedom, it wasn’t that they wanted to be free; it was that they suffered from a disease called drapetomania, from drapetes, runaway slave, and mania. I am not making this up. This was a legitimate diagnosis just like Attention Deficit Disorder is.” (Dr. Thomas Szasz)
2) Hysteria: “Women, half the population of mankind, of course, if they were foolish to rebel against domination by man, well, then they had a serious disease called hysteria, which was due to their wandering womb.” (Dr. Thomas Szasz)
3) Spring Fever: “Spring fever is not a disease (speaking of in comparison to typhoid fever)” (Dr. Thomas Szasz).
Let’s take a look at what is spring fever “diagnosed” to be:
“feelings aroused by springtime: a feeling of restlessness, yearning, lust, or sometimes laziness, believed to be brought on by the coming of spring” (Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved).
Appears to be pretty pathetic, huh?
Thus, if someone is sick, “then there must be some objective science to it which can be diagnosed by physicians and objective tests.”
“Labeling a child as ‘mentally ill’ is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.” (Dr. Thomas Szasz)
Another very good brief informative speech on this whole psychiatry fraud is given by Dr. Jeffrey Schaler.
I re-watched the movie a few days ago and realized that at the end of the movie when Will Smith (Chris Gardner) gets the job, he mentions that it was at that very moment in his life where he felt “happiness.”
Well, it is seen and observed, not only in the movie, but also in everyday life, that we are always in the pursuit of happiness, but it is hard to maintain it. We are moreover, always in the pursuit of finding and maintaining happiness… finding happiness is achievable, but only after a heck of a lot of persistence… maintaining it is even harder! I feel that humans are always unsatisfied, but that issue requires a whole new post!
